democracy in action

it's looking more and more likely that the mexican elections were rigged. obrador, who spoke for 40 minutes on saturday in front of an estimated crowd of 150,000, said he will petition the supreme court and the elections commission for a recount. he stated that there are missing ballot tallys and also alleged that last-minute tv and radio smear campaigns exceeded federal election spending limits.
the bee ran the obrador story on the cover, but it was semi buried in the la times and in the ny times.
elections coverage in the western world sucks. florida 2000, ohio 2004, venezuela, peru, mexico, columbia ... and even the ukraine in the old soviet block--u.s. media has either buried or misinformed the public as to the ongoings during these supposedly "democratic" elections.
very very hollywoood ...